Emily Lockhart is a Lecturer in Health and Physical Education at Curtin University's School of Education. She is also the lead of the Health Education Community of Practice at Curtin. Prior to commencing at Curtin, Emily worked for 25 years in primary and secondary schools in WA as a HPE Teacher, HPE Head of Department, Director of Sport, Director of Health Education and in various Wellbeing leadership roles.

Emily's research interests focus on the pedagogy of Health Education, Discussion-based Teaching pedagogies, and Emotional Intelligence. She is passionate about supporting health teachers to be confident and equipped to have important conversations with young people in Health Education in Australian Schools.

Emily is a level 2 HDR supervisor and is actively looking for HPE educators who wish to further their academic studies. She is a strong advocate for the importance of research to further the literature base for health teaching.

In 2026 Emily was awarded a Curtin Humanities Learning & Teaching Award, in the category of Programs that Enhance Learning - Curriculum transformation and innovative pedagogy. This was for the three new units she developed to create the new HPE Specialisation in the Primary Bachelor course.